Organ Demonstrators

A series of compositions to demonstrate the organ to various age groups.
For information about each demonstrator, see the description of the publication under the composer’s listing in the
“Organ Solos and Collections—Original Compositions” or “Organ Solos and Collections—Transcriptions” section.
During the past fifteen years there has been increasing activity in developing programs and activities that expose the pipe organ to more young children. Organ Demonstrators, published by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc., is an exciting new series of organ compositions which has been developed to be a resource when doing such programs and activities. Each composition is designed to demonstrate the pipe organ to a specific age group. There are four designated age groups: lower elementary (kindergarten through second grade), upper elementary (third through fifth grade), middle school (sixth through eighth grade), and high school and adults. A few demonstrators are appropriate for more than one age group. Some are based on pre-existing melodies, while others are developed from newly composed themes. Many have a part for narrator or optional narrator. Most are multi-movement works, each movement having a specific registration intended to demonstrate one of the four families of organ tone (principals, flutes, reeds, and strings) or other aspects of the organ. In some publications, additional movements are present to round out the overall theme or story of the work.

For Lower Elementary

A Day in the Meadow (Narrator) by Frederick Frahm WL600221 11.25

Dracula Suite (Optional Narrator) by Janet Correll WL600137 10.00

Melodia and Major Octave Discover the Organ (One to Four Narrators) by Martha Sobaje WL600173 12.50

Melodia and Major Octave Go to Preschool (Narrator) by Martha Sobaje WL600193 16.25

The Misfortune of a Wise Tortoise (Narrator) by Godwin Sadoh WL600207 11.25

Piping at the Circus (Narrator) by Margaret Sandresky WL600153 10.00

The Seasons Come to the Forest (Two Narrators) by Janis Wilson WL600188 16.25

The Transportation Age (Optional Narrator) by Carson Cooman WL600202 8.00

The Tune Factory (Narrator and Second Organist) by John Barr WL600103 11.25

A Young Person’s Guide to the Pipe Organ (Optional Narrator) by Randolph Currie WL600140 11.25

Why the Chimes Rang (Narrator) by Robin Dinda WL600107 17.00

Zaccheaus (Narrator) by Larry Visser WL600222 16.25

For Upper Elementary

The Calming of the Storm (Narrator) by Bernard Wayne Sanders WL600056 12.50

David Hatt (b. 1954)
A graduate of California State University, San Bernardino and the University of California at Riverside. Assistant Cathedral Organist at St. Marys Cathedral in San Francisco. Learn More

Robin Dinda (b. 1959)
A significant and versatile composer of organ and choral music. Studied at Davidson College, The University of Cincinnati, and The University of Michigan, FAGO. Coordinator of Music at First Parish (Unitarian Universalist) in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and Associate Professor of Humanities at Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA. Learn More

Hal H. Hopson (b. 1933)
A graduate of Baylor University and Southern Baptist Seminary, Hopson has served as chair of the Church Music department of Westminster Choir College and taught at Scarritt Graduate School. Learn More

Chelsea Chen (b. 1983)
A young musician showing unusual talent and promise as a performer and composer. She is broadening the classical organ repertoire with works based on Asian folksongs.. Learn More